Haley McKnight在批评Sen的语音邮件后面临强烈反弹。 Sheehy的医疗补助法案引发了愤怒。 Haley McKnight faces backlash after a voicemail criticizing Sen. Sheehy’s Medicaid bill sparked outrage.

在Haley McKnight候选人7月的语音留言中, 她发表煽动性言论, 批评Sheehy支持由共和党领导的医疗补助法案, 包括希望他痛苦地死去。 One day before Helena’s city election, U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy’s office released a July voicemail from candidate Haley McKnight, in which she made inflammatory remarks criticizing Sheehy’s support for a Republican-led Medicaid bill, including wishing he would suffer a painful death. 竞选市委员会的零售经理麦克奈特表示，她对这种措辞感到遗憾，但坚持自己的批评，称这是对该法案影响的愤怒是合理的。 McKnight, a retail manager running for city commission, said she regretted the language but stood by her criticism, calling it justified anger over the bill’s impact. 她否认亲自威胁Sheehy,质疑释放时间是出于政治动机,并说她感到不安全。 She denied threatening Sheehy personally, questioned the timing of the release as politically motivated, and said she has felt unsafe. Sheehy的办公室说,语音邮件是最近才发现的,执法部门已经接到通知,McKnight“需要帮助 ” 。 这一事件引起了对蒙大拿政治气候紧张加剧的关注。 Sheehy’s office said the voicemail was only recently discovered, law enforcement has been notified, and McKnight “needs help.” The incident has drawn attention to rising tensions in Montana’s political climate.